Table 2 Topic area of publications (public health and health systems only) before and after the start of the 2011 Syrian conflict, n (%)
Total (N = 1138) n% | Pre-conflict (N = 312) n% | In-conflict (N = 826) n% | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Public Health | 622 (54.6) | 174 (55.7) | 448 (54.2) | 0.643 |
Health Systems | 232 (20.3) | 32 (10.2) | 200 (24.2) | < 0.001 |
Clinical/Biomedical | 391 (34.3) | 116 (37.1) | 275 (33.2) | 0.218 |
Public Health | ||||
Mental health | 53 (8.5) | 8 (4.6) | 45 (10.4) | 0.029 |
Non-communicable disease | 135 (21.7) | 35 (11.2) | 100 (12.1) | 0.679 |
Communicable disease | 160 (25.7) | 42 (13.4) | 118 (14.2) | 0.721 |
Dental Health | 35 (5.6) | 11 (3.5) | 24 (2.9) | 0.589 |
Environmental healtha | 10 (1.6) | 2 (0.6) | 8 (0.9) | 0.734 |
Nutrition | 37 (5.9) | 11 (6.3) | 26 (5.8) | 0.806 |
Accidents and injuries | 88 (14.1) | 4 (2.3) | 84 (18.7) | < 0.001 |
Conflict and Health | 38 (6.1) | 3 (1.7) | 35 (7.8) | 0.004 |
Genetica | 8 (1.2) | 2 (1.1) | 6 (1.3) | 1.00 |
Human Rightsa | 17 (2.7) | 2 (1.1) | 15 (3.3) | 0.174 |
Child and Maternal Health | 30 (4.8) | 14 (8.0) | 16 (3.5) | 0.019 |
Sexual and Reproductive Healtha | a15 (2.4) | 10 (5.7) | 5 (1.1) | 0.002 |
Quality of lifea | a2 (0.4) | 1 (0.5) | 1 (0.2) | 0.482 |
Tobacco | 48 (7.7) | 33 (18.9) | 15 (3.3) | < 0.001 |
Health System | ||||
Service delivery | 120 (51.7) | 13 (40.6) | 107 (53.5) | 0.176 |
Health workforce | 106 (45.6) | 13 (40.6) | 93 (46.5) | 0.536 |
Health informaticsa | 6 (2.5) | 1 (3.1) | 5 (2.5) | 0.594 |
Healthcare accessa | 24 (10.3) | 1 (3.1) | 23 (11.5) | 0.214 |
Financinga | 16 (6.9) | 2 (6.2) | 14 (7.0) | 1.00 |
Leadership/Governancea | 13 (5.6) | 1 (3.1) | 12 (6.0) | 1.00 |